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Originally Posted by ChainLegacy
I'm concerned with the growing power of presidential executive orders as well, but my feelings are you could put Romney or Obama in that position and very little would change - thus, a figurehead.
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At this point, the POTUS election isn't directly meant to change the political landscape. Instead it is a way for the two parties to keep score; to keep track of their relative positions on a national level. So it's not as important that Obama won, but that the Democrats won. And not because they got a Democrat into the job, but that they managed to win a national contest.
This is why the talk is all about voting demographic changes. This is the important aspect of the election, as it is a sort of country wide poll used for determining policy by both parties.
I don't know if the GOP is serious about attracting Hispanics in the future. But I do know they wouldn't have even considered it if this election didn't happen.